On Saturday, Move the Mindset, a civil rights organization dedicated to promoting racial and social justice, held a ceremony for the installation of a historical marker honoring the lives of two Black men who died by lynching in 1896 and 1906. The marker recognizes the unjust destiny faced by Antoine Domingue and Louis Senegal and offers details about the history of lynching in America.
Domingue, described as peaceable, was attacked and killed on Nov. 24, 1906 by “whitecappers,” bands of poor White farmers who saw Black farmers as economic competition. According to historical accounts, they monitored Carencro roads, waiting for Black people to fall into their traps. Local law enforcement was aware of the crimes they committed but never intervened, according to accounts.
Domingue and two other Black men were making their way home when they were attacked. The two other men escaped, but Domingue was beaten repeatedly. Knocked off his buggy, he fled to his home to retrieve a gun. He returned to the scene and was shot and hanged…